Ajax McFadden

Ajax McFadden (25 May 1831-9 June 1863) was a colonel of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

Biography
Ajax McFadden was born in Locust Grove, Orange County, Virginia on 25 May 1831, and he worked as a farmer in the years before the American Civil War. In 1861, he was elected colonel of a cavalry regiment that was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia, and he served under J.E.B. Stuart. In 1863, McFadden was killed in battle with the Union army at the Battle of Brandy Station, during which he was shot from his horse.